package pptpd 1.4.0-7ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
pptpd (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Simon Déziel |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Users with pptpd will encounter errors when upgrading from 14.04->16.04. After the upgrade process, pptpd won't automatically start on boot.
[Test case]
1. Setup a Trusty container
lxc launch ubuntu-daily:trusty foo
2. Install pptpd
lxc exec foo /bin/bash
apt-get install -y pptpd
3. Upgrade to Xenial
lxc exec foo /bin/bash
# make do-release-upgrade happy
script -c "/bin/bash -l" /dev/null
chmod 777 /var/run/screen
do-release-
4. Notice that pptpd fails to install properly and
apport is invoked
To confirm the fix, enable trusty-proposed before running the "do-release-
[Regression potential]
Risks of regressions should be minimal since the fix have been included in Yakkety and Debian already. Worst case, users will still need to manually start the pptpd service on boot.
[Original issue description]
This is one of the crashed that happened during upgrade to 16.04 LTS. The install routine was exited with a script error. Try to figure stuff of since pptpd seems to be outdated
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: pptpd 1.4.0-7ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 5 21:40:28 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-02-25 (1988 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
RelatedPackageV
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.12~
SourcePackage: pptpd
Title: package pptpd 1.4.0-7ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-05 (0 days ago)
tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
Changed in pptpd (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.